Pastor’s songs for children seek to dispel Disney ‘myths’
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (BP)–Allen Atkins remembers feeling a little uneasy after seeing the Disney movie, “The Little Mermaid,” years ago. As the characters sang and danced throughout the animated feature, the pastor, now leading Emmanuel Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, Ala., marveled at the seemingly positive images he could enjoy with his children. But at the conclusion […]
‘Round-robin prayer time’ helped them weather tornado
COKER, Ala. (BP)–Climbing over fallen trees and beating through mounds of debris, TV news crews followed the trail of destruction in their search for Bethany Baptist Church in Coker, Ala., near Tuscaloosa. The massive carnage of the wooded area left the reporters no doubt they were on the same path as the devastating tornado that […]
7/22/97 ‘Spotlight on the Bible:’ all languages, sizes, ages
TALLADEGA, Ala. (BP)–The wheels on the hand truck squeaked as the Bible was unloaded, volume by volume, until all 17 books of the set had found their resting place beneath the lights on a covered table. Written in braille, it was brought to the church this day by Berna Specht, a member of First Baptist […]
7/17/97 Church resolves uncertainty over its racial openness
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–It was Easter Sunday, and both men had made a decision. Inside a church building that many had walked away from, the men and their families — one black, one white — walked down the aisle, side by side, desiring membership in the Birmingham, Ala., congregation that can now be called home by […]
